You'll frequently hear americans related to The Gospel Coalition critique so-referred to as seeker-delicate church buildings. And for decent rationale. We don't survey unbelievers to find out what we may still do in church. a great deal has been misplaced in discipleship from a improper effort to treat Sunday mornings like evangelistic meetings. It's difficult to train the cost of discipleship in the event you're trying to make each person think comfortable.
at the identical time, we will have in mind why seeker church buildings took off in recognition. TGC doesn't readily suggest turning returned the clock earlier than the megachurch boom of the Nineteen Seventies and 1980s. somewhat, during this time and location the place fewer and fewer have experience with church or talents of Scripture, we have to labor to make the gospel message understandable. And we should be welcoming as we see our churches through the eyes of outsiders, so commonly bewildered by using our abnormal practices and vocabulary.
My guest on today's episode of The Gospel Coalition Podcast is Erik Raymond. He's senior pastor of Redeemer Fellowship Church outdoor Boston and a TGC blogger. he's additionally the writer and presenter of Gospel fashioned Outreach, a small-group video and ebook look at published by TGC with The first rate publication company. It's in response to aspect two—evangelistic effectiveness—from TGC's five elements of gospel-established ministry in our Theological vision for Ministry. We stated how gospel-based church buildings can develop in this priority.
listen to this episode of The Gospel Coalition Podcast and check out other episodes in the collection Why We need Theological imaginative and prescient.
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